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THE Swedish mobile-phone giant Ericsson may create a large new technical centre and office building in the Midlands. The company is understood to have shortlisted two sites for the complex, one near Loughborough and the other at Ansty, near Coventry.

The centre would combine several Ericsson offices around Britian, and help the expansion of its growing services business, which provides operational and technical support for mobile-phone operators.

It is understood that the Department of Trade and Industry is considering an application by the company for financial assistance in setting up the centre.

The Ansty site was to have been the location of a big new technical centre for Marconi, the telecoms company, before it ran into financial problems.

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